Startling Stories Vol 20 #1 FR (1949 pulp)

Tired & fragile, bug chew on bottom edge, both front & back cover have partly separated, all 160 pages are there though.

September 1949. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories: "The Portal in the Picture" by Henry Kuttner, "The Hothouse Planet" by Arthur K. Barnes, "Communications" by Edwin James, "A Condition of Beauty" by John D. MacDonald, "The Fires Within" by Arthur C. Clarke, "Beyond The Black Nebula" by Rene LaFayette. Four Virgil Finlay illustrations. Softcover, 7-in x 9-in, 160 Pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.